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Paris asks for UK loan guarantee following the cost explosion of Hinkley Point nuclear power plant
French officials are pushing British ministers for loan guarantees to help EDF finance Britain's new nuclear power plant, Hinkley Point C. The price of the station has increased dramatically.
EDF, the French utility , said last week the…
Hinkley Point: Why can’t Britain build new nuke power stations?
Imagine that you are a fish swimming in the Bristol Channel. Imagine you are a fish swimming in the Bristol Channel, with your herring, sprat, and brethren. Suddenly, you are sucked up into the cooling system of a nuclear plant, never to be…
The French government is pressing the UK to fill a multi-billion-pound gap in nuclear projects
The French government wants the UK to plug a multi-billion-pound budget hole for nuclear power projects that are being built by France's electricity provider EDF in Britain.
The UK's request for a contribution is likely to create…
Newcleo, a nuclear startup, has decided to build its factory in France instead of the UK.
After being personally lobbied by Emmanuel Macron, a British nuclear startup dropped its plans to build a groundbreaking power plant in Cumbria in favor of investing £4bn instead in France.
Newcleo is based in London and is developing an…
EDF delays closure of four UK Nuclear Power Plants
EDF Energy, the French state-owned company, announced Tuesday that four of Britain's declining fleet of nuclear plants will remain in operation for at least two more years. The operator said its goal was to stop seven years of falling…
Nuclear fusion is about to enter a new era
Today workers will start knocking down West Burton A, a coal-fired power station on the Nottinghamshire-Lincolnshire border that gave its final sparks of electricity to the grid last March.
West Burton, a coal-fired power plant in West…
The UK is facing a cold snap that has lowered nuclear power production to its lowest level since the…
The UK's net-zero goals have suffered a serious setback as the nuclear power production in Britain has fallen to its lowest levels since 1982.
According to data released by the Government and EDF, the permanent closure of Hinkley Point B…